Movistar Arena (Bogotá)

Movistar Arena, previously known as Coliseo Cubierto El Campín, is an indoor sporting arena located in Bogotá, Colombia. It was built in 1973 and renovated in 2018. The arena holds 90 shows per year. The maximum capacity is up to 14,000 people.[1] Telefónica's cell phone division Movistar bought the arena's naming rights, changing its name in March 2018 for the next 20 years.[2]

Movistar Arena
The Movistar Arena in September 2018.
Former namesColiseo Cubierto El Campín
LocationCarrera 30 con calle 63
Cundinamarca
Bogotá, Colombia
Coordinates4°38′57″N 74°4′38″W
Public transitMovistar Arena Station
OwnerAlcaldía de Bogotá, Colombiana de Escenarios
Executive suites20
Capacity14,000
Surface37.000 m2
Construction
Broke ground26 May 1971 (1971-05-26)
Opened1 May 1973 (1973-05-01)
Renovated2017-2018
Structural engineerEng. Guillermo Gonzalez Zuleta
General contractorJorge Alvarado, Germán Guerrero and Oscar Lobo Reveiz
Website
www.movistararena.co

Tennis matches

Notable tennis players that have played at the arena include:

Renovation

On 14 January 2015 the IDRD and the Mayor of Bogota announced the coliseum would be renewed completely during 2 years. It would be a multi-event arena named Arena Sponsor Bogota which will have all the amenities needed for the best shows.

It expanded the arena to hold more than 90 shows per year and having more than 1,000,000 spectators every year.

Other events

In the arena there had been also many shows such as High School Musical The Ice Tour,[8] and Disney on Ice. The WWE will make its debut it Colombia on 15 October 2014 with a WWE Live event at the arena,[9] but the WWE event never happened, five years later the WWE finally made a house show in Bogota on 23 August 2019.

Concerts

ArtistDate
James BrownAugust 1973
Santana9 October 1973
Information Society & Estados Alterados24 May 1991
Soda Stereo23 September 1991
INXS & La Derecha24 March 1994
Luis Miguel10 June 1994
Delirious?15 & 16 September 2006
Delirious?1 February 2008
Dream Theater & Hiddenpath12 March, 2008
Bryan Adams9 April 2008
R.E.M., The Mars Volta & The Mills29 October 2008
Duran Duran12 November 2008
Maroon 520 November 2008
Fito Páez13 December 2008
Juanes14 December 2008
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs28 February 2009
Keane & Sexto Sentido3 March, 2009
Carlos Santana12 March 2009
Motörhead & Ursus21 April 2009
Heaven & Hell5 May 2009
Sarah Brightman28 October, 2009
Korn & Nepentes10 April, 2010
Rubén Blades1 May 2010
Miguel Bosé8 May 2010
Gustavo Cerati13 May 2010
Joaquín Sabina22 May 2010
Demi Lovato25 May, 2010
Massive Attack & Martina Topley-Bird12 November 2010
The Smashing Pumpkins & Black Memory27 November 2010
Stone Temple Pilots & El Sie7e18 December 2010
Camila11 May 2011
Miley Cyrus19 May, 2011
Judas Priest, Whitesnake & Albatroz23 September, 2011
Ricardo Arjona2 & 3 August, 2012
Joaquín Sabina & Joan Manuel Serrat24 November 2012
Alejandro Sanz23 April 2013
Miguel Bosé13 June 2013
Mägo de Oz, Kraken, Krönös, Bürdel King & Rata Blanca3 November 2013
Fito Páez15 November 2013
Epica, Angra & Mägo de Oz13 June 2013
Arctic Monkeys & The Hives4 November, 2014
Ska-P & I.R.A.15 November 2014
Deep Purple & The Black Cat Bone21 November, 2014
Fonseca28 September 2018
Juanes, Miguel Bosé & Sebastian Yatra3 October 2018
Zoé & Nicolás y los Fumadores6 October 2018
Sting & Shaggy21 October 2018
Maluma, LV5 & Dj Eddie Bermúdez10 November 2018
Lenny Kravitz23 March 2019
Slash5 May 2019
Raphael13 March 2020
Miley Cyrus21 March 2022
Kiss7 May 2022
Karol G 22 May 2022
Louis Tomlinson 3 June 2022
TINI 25 August 2022
Rosalía 31 August 2022
Demi Lovato 7 September 2022
NCT 127 January 25, 2023
Alicia Keys 11 May 2023
Måneskin 24 October 2023

See also

References

  1. Tiempo, Casa Editorial El. "El impulso del Movistar Arena a la economía naranja de Bogotá". Portafolio.co. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  2. Semana (22 March 2018). "El nuevo coliseo El Campín se llamará Movistar Arena Bogotá". El coliseo El Campín ahora se llamará Movistar Arena Bogotá. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  3. "Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi y Martina Hingis vendrán a Colombia". ELESPECTADOR.COM. 9 March 2010. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  4. Radio, Caracol (2 December 2010). "Rafael Nadal y Novak Djokovic jugarán partido de exhibición en Bogotá". Caracol Radio. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  5. "Nadal y Djokovic en Colombia". Eventos - Especiales. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  6. Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (13 March 2012). "'Estoy muy contento de ir por primera vez a Colombia': Roger Federer". El Tiempo. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  7. "¡Exhibición de lujo en Colombia! Federer vs Tsonga | TENIS | FOX Sports". Archived from the original on 12 April 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  8. "En escena -> High School Musical: The ice tour - vive.in". Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
  9. "WWE SIGNING UPDATES, WWE NXT TAPINGS AND MORE NEWS - PWInsider.com". www.pwinsider.com. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
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